• Plus Night: “Demonstration Overload”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Due to the heat index there will be no fire. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. There will also be physical science demonstrations, a marshmallow ...

  • Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Meeting

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    For over four decades the Baton Rouge Astronomical Society has educated countless numbers of citizens in the joys of planetary and deep-sky gazing, and factors to consider when buying a ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical light, directly in hydrogen-alpha wavelength and directly in calcium-K wavelength) ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The 20OGS will not be in operation tonight. Sunset, 8:06pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will ...

  • Science Academy: “Asteroids and Comets”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Planets get the majority of the attention, but the smaller bodies can create a lifelong memory with a close pass (asteroid) or a bright showing (comet). Cadets will learn what ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN/BAD WEATHER   Sunset, 8:05pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waning crescent Moon will be below ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    The 20OGS will not be in operation. HRPO will close at least by 9:45pm. Sunset, 8:02pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this ...

  • Solar Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Cancelled. HRPO will close at 12:15pm or if it rains. Weather permitting, viewing of the Sun’s image in four different manners (indirectly onto a white surface, directly with safely-filtered optical ...

  • STEM Expansion: “Astronomy for Personalized Advancement”

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    This program offers advanced topics, activity extensions and all-new games and demonstrations to older youth. Certificates are earned and archived as well as modern experiments take place. There are also giveaways ...

  • Evening Sky Viewing

    Highland Road Park Observatory

    Sunset, 8:02pm CDT. Weather permitting, viewing through one or more telescopes will take place. During this time the waxing crescent Moon will be at a maximum altitude of 25° in ...